Got the wings and tails glued together without hitch. There will be minor pudding required around the engine/wing connection, but the fuselage halves were a B&$%H. It almost seemed as one may have been a touch smaller than the other. Well two model glue and one super glue sessions later we have a puddy monster. (joy :sarcasm:)

I also did some more work on my YF-12. I had rescribed all the raised panel lines now started the build. Had to paint a lot of the inside white for the missile bay. The YF-12 was to be an interceptor but didn't make it. The plane then developed into the SR-71 and the missile?....

AdriaN wrote:Love the HE finish! the 'spacecraft' looks like a tedious camo. am still waiting for the F105 progress

i am in the process of rescribing all the raised panel lines, a nice boring, tedious part of this build. Afraid it will take a while. (lot of d*mn small panel lines on the aircraft)

I feel for you because that plane is FULL of panel lines! I wont be rescribing. i was never shown how & i dont have the tools

It is not that hard, but that being said it does take practice....here are the tools I use; several metal scribing templates, dyno tape (from the squeeze labeling machines)and a scribing tool. The tool is from Bare Metal.

To scribe simple hold down the template (or length of dyno tape) and drag the scribing tool next to it.

There are other scribing tools out there that just happens to be the one I use. Some people sand the model panel line off then rescribe. I just use them for my marker (unless very wrong as on my XB-70's) and scribe right on them. To each his own. (I am sure i just sent shivers through several other modelers here)

Wow! That's a lot of models you have going there, you're making some really good progress on them.

When I was at one of the museums around here, they had a SR-71 out back, I was surprised at how small the aircraft is, don't get me wrong, it's still a good sized aircraft, I was just expecting it to be a lot larger.

If I need to do any scribing, I just use the back of a #11 blade, you don't need to press hard, doing so actually makes it harder to do, just a number of lighter strokes and you will see the plastic coming off. Then just a light sanding to remove the raised edges. The tools shown do help a lot. You can also make some of your own templates out of a pop can or any stiffer material.

Hi, have been following your progress and I find your build speed incredible. Having similar tendencies but more on multiple builds of the same subject, I can understand your shift from one project to the other but still, the sheer volume of builds overwhelms me! I only manage similar results when I don't sleep nights but that only when there are urgent work builds (architecture)not aircraft models.

I liked especially your pastel treatment to raised lines which I have been doing for some time now as I simply do not have the time to rescribe all those old models. Thank you for the Fixative solution which I hadn't tried - will try it out asap.

I was particularly following your Ju87 model but was a wee bit disappointed by the colours which for 70/71 appear a bit off - could be the photos or my monitor... Liked especially your quick build of the Flitzer which came out quite nice and hope to see more finished models.

Once again, you are one fantastic modeller. Just love seeing your work.

Aldo wrote:Hi, have been following your progress and I find your build speed incredible. Having similar tendencies but more on multiple builds of the same subject, I can understand your shift from one project to the other but still, the sheer volume of builds overwhelms me! I only manage similar results when I don't sleep nights but that only when there are urgent work builds (architecture)not aircraft models.

I liked especially your pastel treatment to raised lines which I have been doing for some time now as I simply do not have the time to rescribe all those old models. Thank you for the Fixative solution which I hadn't tried - will try it out asap.

I was particularly following your Ju87 model but was a wee bit disappointed by the colours which for 70/71 appear a bit off - could be the photos or my monitor... Liked especially your quick build of the Flitzer which came out quite nice and hope to see more finished models.

Once again, you are one fantastic modeller. Just love seeing your work.

(And if I may ask, what is that blue masking tape you use?!)

If you are referring to the blue tape you see on my canopies or on models for paint masking...The blue masking tape I use is 3M painters tape picked up at the local hardware store. Sticky enough to stay down but not so sticky that leave a residue.

Thankyou for that quick demonstartion I often try rescribing with the back of a blade, but never seems to work. it keeps slipping onto the wrong part, the line will be too thin or the line gets clogged when i sand it down.

While researching tools i came across a tutorialhttp://www.clubhyper.com/reference/rescribingda_1.htm

Still waiting for the F105 Have you planned out the markings and paints?? i converted the revell paints to MM and bought some of the paints, not to sure about them, they seem a bit off

AdriaN wrote:Thankyou for that quick demonstartion I often try rescribing with the back of a blade, but never seems to work. it keeps slipping onto the wrong part, the line will be too thin or the line gets clogged when i sand it down.

While researching tools i came across a tutorialhttp://www.clubhyper.com/reference/rescribingda_1.htm

Still waiting for the F105 Have you planned out the markings and paints?? i converted the revell paints to MM and bought some of the paints, not to sure about them, they seem a bit off

I am planning to do the weasel from the 35 TFW, 562nd TFS, only because it has the big "WW" on the tail. Letters here in the states that are synonymous with wild weasels. I also plan to use the MM paints colors FS36622 Camo grey (very light grey) for the under belly, FS34079 for the dark green, FS 34102 for the med green and FS30219 for the dark tan. I used these on my F-111 and it turned out quite well.

Dont you hate it when they give you too many markings? and you cant choose one?

Good choice. im thinking of that too. i love the wrap around mouth & shields but dont like the WW in black! I like the 17th WWS but the mouth is ugly, but i like the cartoon & 'patience' on the intakes. I like the south vietnam.. but it has no mouth

Regarding paints: were on the same track. The Model Shop sadly didnt have the camo gray. For dark green i will be using revell 'raf dark green'. Dark tan looks a bit too dark dont you think? The confusing part is I converted FS 34102 into MM and i got FS1713 Medium green AND FS1591 olive green Which is the right colour? they are both VERY different! to be safe i have both greens. The problem is both med green and dark green are dark colours. not very accurate. since the 2 shades on the F105 are pretty different.

I think the medium green is a little off, but with the weathering I will add later it should turn out ok. If anything the med green should be a shade darker maybe, not by much though. But over all I am not going to loss sleep over it...

AdriaN wrote:Dont you hate it when they give you too many markings? and you cant choose one?

Good choice. im thinking of that too. i love the wrap around mouth & shields but dont like the WW in black! I like the 17th WWS but the mouth is ugly, but i like the cartoon & 'patience' on the intakes. I like the south vietnam.. but it has no mouth

Regarding paints: were on the same track. The Model Shop sadly didnt have the camo gray. For dark green i will be using revell 'raf dark green'. Dark tan looks a bit too dark dont you think? The confusing part is I converted FS 34102 into MM and i got FS1713 Medium green AND FS1591 olive green Which is the right colour? they are both VERY different! to be safe i have both greens. The problem is both med green and dark green are dark colours. not very accurate. since the 2 shades on the F105 are pretty different.

Adrian, the FS code is in 5 numbers with the first number denoting gloss, semi or matt. The 2 MM numbers you quote are just catalog numbers not FS. For details on FS visit http://www.fed-std-595.com/FS-595-Paint-Spec.html.

If you are referring to the blue tape you see on my canopies or on models for paint masking...The blue masking tape I use is 3M painters tape picked up at the local hardware store. Sticky enough to stay down but not so sticky that leave a residue.[/quote]

Thanks for the info! We only get limited 3M items and I don't think I've ever seen any of this tape. Will keep a look out.